Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a function of HCl in stomach?

  1. It kills bacteria.

  2. It detoxifies food.

  3. It makes the medium acidic.

  4. It converts pepsinogen to its inactive form pepsin.

  5. It maintains the pH almost 2.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is given wrong as it is the opposite. It actives pepsinogen to its active form pepsin.

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